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sightless

adj

Etymology

From sight + -less.

  1. inherited from *sihti✻ — “seeing, sight”
  2. inherited from sihþ — “something seen; vision”
  3. inherited from sighte
  4. suffixed as sightless — “sight + less”

Definitions

  1. Without sight

    Without sight; blind; unseeing.

    • And yet it was possible he might love her—love her truly and deeply: if so, of what avail would it be to lower him in her esteem? It were best for Lucy still to gaze with sightless eyes on her idol.

  2. Synonym of invisible.

    • The toiling world is sightless to those who cannot see.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA